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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | May 2008 (4.29) |
| Protection available since | 2 April 2008 10:21:16 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-GWQ is a backdoor worm which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.
When first run W32/Rbot-GWQ copies itself to <System>\sxml.exe.
The file sxml.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "XSML", with a display name of "Management System" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\XSML
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